# Drift Protocol: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/drift-protocol

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Digital employee experience](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/digital-employee-experience/index.md) | 0% | 167 | 100% | 3 |

## And against it

- "Users should exercise extreme caution or avoid it until its security track record is fully restored." (Mistral Small, DEX)
- "Drift Protocol - suffered a $285M exploit in April 2026 and relaunched with Tether-backed funding." (Llama 4 Maverick, DEX)
- "suffered a $285M exploit in April 2026 ... see risk section before using" (Muse Glimmer 30B, DEX)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Drift Protocol, from 9 of the 9 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- onedayadvisor.com: 5
- cryptoslate.com: 4
- gane.ai/index: 3
- hackenproof.com: 3
- home.treasury.gov: 3
- hub.elliptic.co: 3
- ledgerjournal.org: 3
- reddit.com: 3
- arxiv.org: 2
- binance.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://onedayadvisor.com/2026/09/best-decentralized-exchanges-dexs.html: 5
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/digital-employee-experience/enterprise: 3
- https://hackenproof.com/blog/decentralized-crypto-exchange-security: 3
- https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/DeFi-Risk-Full-Review.pdf: 3
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php: 2
- https://calibraint.com/blog/enterprise-dex-development-best-practices: 2
- https://chainalysis.com/glossary/decentralized-exchange-dex: 2
- https://chainup.com/blog/dex-for-business-enterprise-guide: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.